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"The North Carolina Gazetteer is a geographical dictionary in which an attempt has been made to list all of the geographic features of the state in one alphabet. It is current, and it is historical as well. Many features and places that no longer exist are included; many towns and counties for which plans were made but which never materialized are also included. Some names appearing on old maps may have been imaginary, but many of them also appear in this gazetteer.

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Place Description
Phoenix Mine Village

former community in E Cabarrus County at site of Phoenix Mine. Period of greatest activity was from 1870 to 1907, when the chlorination process for treatment of gold ores was perfected there by Capt. Adolph Thies. At the time, the discovery was a notable step forward in metallurgy. The mine shafts were dewatered in 1955 for further ore-deposit appraisals.
Phoenix Mountain

central Ashe County. Alt. 4, 673-4,700.
Pick Breeches Creek

rises in NE Watauga County and flows SE into Rube Creek.
Pick's Sliding

See Somerset.
Pickards Mountain

SW Orange County on the head of Morgan Creek.
Pickens Gap

NW Swain County on the S end of Jenkins Trail Ridge.
Pickens Nose

mountain in S Macon County between Betty Creek and Dryman Fork. Alt. approx. 4,900.
Picket Branch

rises in NE Cherokee County and flows SE and SW into Valley River.
Picketts Bay

an arm of White Oak River N of Swansboro, SE Onslow County between Muddy Creek and Mount Pleasant Point.
Picks

See Somerset.